Sr. Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer, AFT Quality

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) is seeking an Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer to build hardware and software systems that utilize imaging sensors and computer vision to achieve perception based decisions. AFT Quality team is engaged in the development of systems for the collection and realtime processing of images point clouds weights dimensions and other attributes of Amazons inventory. These systems incorporate components from the hardware team (cameras sensors optics electrical mechanical and computation) from the software teams (device drivers control edgeprocessing upload web services and cloud processing) and from the science teams (algorithms machine learning computer vision image and data analysis). This position will be responsible for working with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and specify systems that meet their needs schedules and budgets.

Key job responsibilities
The role of an Interdisciplinary Systems Engineer is to develop technical strategy including: identify requirements decompose into systems subsystems and interfaces identify potential solutions perform trade studies identify contraints and crossfunctional tradeoffs perform technical risk assessments present conclusions to peers and senior management develop plans and papers outlining technical approach design/architecture and test specifications lead multidisciplinary technology teams facilitate and communicate architecture and system design with partner teams address safety reliability usability and deployment at Amazon scale.

The person in this role is a technical leader that collaborates across hardware software science product management and program management to achieve system results from concept through installation for prototype and for scalable solutions alike.

You should be comfortable engaging with all types of customers and stakeholders ranging from executives to developers and warehouse operations staff. You should be comfortable working in a fastpaced environment where delivery time for new products and features is typically measured in months. You are a selfstarter with a commitment to team work who enjoys working with complex hardware and software systems is customer centric and thrives on the challenge of helping scientists as well as nontechnical customers to achieve their goals.


A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular fulltime employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!

About the team
Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazons global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software hardware and data science solutions that orchestrate processes robots machines and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual world so Amazon customers can get what they want when they want it.

Quality
AFTs Quality team drives automation programs that leverage computer vision machine learning and other innovative technologies to prevent detect and correct potential inventory issues impacting fulfillment efficiency and customer satisfaction.



BS in an engineering discipline and 8 years of experience
Experience in a systems engineering role
Understanding of systems engineering tools and best practices and experience tailoring the processes to help new product development teams go fast
Experience identifying and analyzing dependencies tradeoffs and sensitivities across multidisciplinary systems
Experience leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g. technical disciplines subsystem teams development partners)
Experience with eliciting and clarifying business and end user needs and connecting those needs to system concepts requirements and designs
Experience taking systems through the entire product lifecycle


MS or higher degree in engineering discipline
Experience with one or more of the following: imaging sensors lenses lighting optical design ranging and depth sensors highthroughput industrial machines embedded software realtime processing computer vision machine learning generative AI


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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.